How is illegal or copyrighted content discovered online? @internet-class

Uploaded November 2016 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

There’s a constant cat and mouse game going on online. On one hand, people are constantly posting things online that they should not. On the other, other people and search engines are constantly looking for copyrighted content and trying to remove it from websites, blogs, and search results. The process goes on continuously, with no real end in sight.

Credits: Talking: Geoffrey Challen (Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, University at Buffalo). Producing: Greg Bunyea (Undergraduate, Computer Science and Engineering, University at Buffalo).

Part of the internet-class.org online internet course. A blue Systems Research Group (https://www.bluegroup.systems) production.

How is illegal or copyrighted content discovered online?

$What is a data center? Searching something as enormous as the world wide web can only be accomplished by a huge number of computers. The large fraction of computers operated by large internet companies—like Facebook, Google, Microsoft, or Twitter—are located in data centers. Data centers are specifically designed to hold large numbers of computers. That design goal produces a specific set of challenges, particularly related to power and heating. Credits: Talking: Geoffrey Challen (Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, University at Buffalo). Producing: Greg Bunyea (Undergraduate, Computer Science and Engineering, University at Buffalo). Part of the https://www.internet-class.org online internet course. A blue Systems Research Group (https://blue.cse.buffalo.edu) production.$

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